Ipsos reviews

3.4

57% would recommend to a friend

(4,908 total reviews)
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Jean Laurent Poitou

64% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ipsos has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 4,908 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Ipsos employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Administración y consultoría industry (3.7 stars).

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1.0
Mar 17, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Get to meet new people around because of the high attrition rate of the company.

Cons

I have worked in this organization for 5 years, the points I mention below is with good amount of experience 1) On an average you work 12-13 hours a day and around 4-5 hours on weekends. On a good day it's around 10-11 hours, but this is rare. 2) Leaves are not granted easily and you have to fake a fever or family members death in order to get a leave. But then how many deaths and fevers can you fake. Every year, I could only take max. 4-5 days leave. 3) Your manager won't do or allot your work to anyone while you are on leave, so all your work while you are on leave is just pilling up. So once you are back from your leave - you are screwed!. The most common dialogue you'll get to hear is "Take leave but ensure that your work is not affected". 4) On joining everyone will fake that there's no workload and will make you leave at 7pm. It's only after a month you realise your manager's acting skills. 5) No senior management will speak on work life balance even after decreasing pulse (internal company survey) scores on work life balance. In the 5 years spent in the company, I have seen no steps taken, either by the HR or SL head. 6) The best way to get a long leave sanctioned is to get married.

2.0
May 6, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The content of the work is rewarding and will keep you there, working on interesting research. You get to work on some projects that really feel like they matter, especially some of the healthcare work.

Cons

Toxic doesn't even begin to describe this place. From some of the coworkers, and ESPECIALLY management. They reward employees who are bullies and make others lives hell, and ignore the multitude of voices from employees who are quality employees in lieu of toxic management / behavior. The employees are never listened to and are severely underpaid below market value, and the bonuses are laughable. Any advice employees try to give are often ignored and the company continues a streak of profit that employees who are overworked never see. You will work long hours (it is looked down upon as not trying hard enough if you're not working 60+ hour weeks), deal with bully behavior from management which is never addressed or punished (it is rewarded), and take on more responsibility for your role without seeing any time of promotion or reward unless you are favored from upper management. There is also a level of racism here where POC are overlooked for years on promotion opportunities for new young white counterparts, and paid less in some cases. People have been, and are currently leaving this place in droves, and once you leave, the response is always the same, every single time - "I am SO much happier that I left, I didn't realize how terrible it really was until I left". There is no respect for employees, and people are worked to the bone, under paid, and overall the organization is leaky and not optimal. You will wait years for either a raise, promotion, or bonus- take on 2-3 times the workload and responsibilities, and still- it will never come. This place is a top heavy pyramid ready to crash. They will continue to lose quality, effective, and skilled workers who leave for better opportunities elsewhere if they don't change their strategy and start focusing on promoting healthy company culture and remove toxic people, especially from their leadership and management roles. Do yourself a favor and don't get caught in the trap of starting here, because it can be hard to leave.

1.0
Mar 19, 2017

Slave Labour

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexibility, that's about all it has going for it. Some of the supervisors are quite nice, but they

Cons

You only get offered shifts when they deem you are worth their time. Zero-hour contract, where you are expendable. Managers are scum, treat you like crap. No job prospects, and it takes ages to get moved up the ladder. The sliding money scale means you might get paid £7.20 one week then £6.95 the next. Got underpaid several times, and had to fight to get my wages more than once because of computer errors. Really just horrible people who don't care about you or your well being. All of the equipment is outdated and you barely get any training. If they test a new project using you as a guinea pig then anything wrong with it is automatically your fault. Also avoid the coffee machine - its just watery diarrhoea in a cup. Seriously disorganised place, one of the worst experiences of my life.

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